Australian Legal Research - Secondary Materials

Contains over 25,000 definitions covering every subject area of law. Terms are supported by Australian legislative and judicial authority, wherever it exists.

Halsbury's Laws of Australia is a comprehensive legal encyclopaedia written in a clear, concise form covering all Australian law.

The Australian Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents contains over 4,000 legal precedents and forms in more than 90 subject areas, covering all Australian jurisdictions. Precedents are drafted in plain English. Most precedents are available as Word documents and can be easily downloaded and adapted. Most titles in the Encyclopaedia contain authoritative, practical commentary called Introductory Notes. Titles include Agency, Banking, Business Names, Corporations, Partnerships, Solicitors, Statutory Declarations, Trsusts, Wills and many others.

An excellent reference tool, this work provides a comprehensive listing of words and phrases which have either been defined in legislation or judicially interpreted. The publication provides details of where the word or phrase has been defined and often the context in which the term is defined. Over 100,000 words and phrases from Australian case law and legislation are listed. (Publisher: Source information)

ProQuest Criminal Justice is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. Covers U.S. and international scholarly journals and magazines.